ABFE

TITLE: Director of Philanthropic Organizing DEPARTMENT: External Affairs REPORTS TO: Vice President of External Affairs STATUS: Exempt SALARY RANGE: $99,500.00 - $114,500.00 LOCATION: Remote POSITION TERMS: This is a contract position funded through grants and currently offered for a two-year period. ABFE is a 501(c)(3), membership-based philanthropic organization that advocates for responsive and transformative investments in Black communities. Partnering with foundations, nonprofits and individuals, ABFE provides its members with professional development and technical assistance resources that further the philanthropic sector’s connection and responsiveness to issues of equality, diversity and inclusion. Established in 1971 as the Association of Black Foundation Executives, the all-volunteer organization was credited with many of philanthropy’s early gains in diversity. It since has evolved into a fully staffed, influential network. In 2013, the organization shed its descriptor and adopted the simpler ABFE (ab-fee) to better reflect its broadening membership. POSITION OVERVIEW The Director of Philanthropic Organizing is a senior leadership role within External Affairs, responsible for leading ABFE’s national funding organizing strategy in service of Black philanthropic power and movement-building. Reporting directly to the Vice President of External Affairs, this role provides strategic direction, integration, and design across ABFE’s core funder networks and communities of practice, including the Black Communities Funders Network (BCFN), Corporate Community of Practice (CCoP), Umoja Circle, and the Connecting Leaders Fellowship (CLFP). The Director ensures that ABFE’s network strategy is coherent, values-aligned, and operationalized using ABFE’s Responsive Philanthropy in Black Communities (RPBC) framework and READI strategies. This role works cross-functionally with senior leadership, READI, and Membership as well as with external partners, collaborators, and consultants.